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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A U.S. Navy sailor, assigned plane captain duties with the “Liberty Bells” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 115, signals to the pilot of an E-2C Hawkeye that pre-flight checks are complete prior to launching from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the South China Sea, Dec. 7, 2005.

Cleared For Takeoff

A U.S. Navy sailor, assigned plane captain duties with the “Liberty Bells” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 115, signals to the pilot of an E-2C Hawkeye that pre-flight checks are complete prior to launching from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the South China Sea, Dec. 7, 2005.

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